And that is a scientific fact!
1. Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represents the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.
2. World Tourist Day is observed on September 27 (my birthday!!!)
3. The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime. (I think we'll spend a little more than that, right baby? ;))
4. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
5. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,654,321
6. During the movie, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lecter never blinks while talking on screen.
7. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
8. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
9. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes (not my girlfriend! ;))
10. In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off."
11. The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the 48 poorest nations.
12. Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries because Colgate translates into the command, "go hang yourself."
13. If the population of China walked past you in a single line, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
14. Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.
15. The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi- Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenua---anatahu - a New Zealand hill.
16. If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00am, you will arrive in Honolulu at approximately 4:30pm the previous day.
17. Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.
18. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
19. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
20. All polar bears are left-handed.
21. Budweiser beer conditions the hair.
22. The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10-watt lightbulb.
23. The most sensitive finger is the forefinger.
24. By law, Bourbon must be produced in America, made from at least 51 percent corn, and made from a fermented sourmash of grains.
25. Ninety-nine percent of all forms of life that have existed on Earth are now extinct.
These may all be b.s., but they're also kinda cool...feel free to call me out!
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